Rockport PD Responds to Allegations of Racial Profiling

ROCKPORT (Kiii News) - The Rockport Police Department is responding to allegations of racial profiling. An attorney claims his clients were pulled over for bogus traffic violations and then asked for their papers. 3 News first started looking into those claims on Friday. When we went to get a response from the police chief, he wouldn't come out of his office. On Saturday, Commander Mark Cory came to our news station to speak on the departments behalf.

Click the video for his response.

In a letter to the mayor and city council, the attorney alleges the police department receives a bounty of 600 dollars for each illegal immigrant they report to immigration and customs enforcement.